Selection of school project images

Started by Private User on Thursday, December 23, 2021
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Private User
12/23/2021 at 1:11 PM

Hello, everyone!,

You might notice that I am periodically changing the images on school/university projects from the institution's logo to a notable building on campus. There are a couple reasons for this:

1) Even though official logos can be used on non-profit Wikipedia, Geni is ineligible to use such logos since it's a commercial site

2) Colleges in particular frequently update their branding, and I've gotten numerous requests from college PR offices to please stop using out-of-date images

3) Colleges often change their names through merges or "upgrades" (like switching from "Example College" to "Example University"), and it's getting onerous to try to track all of those and change their logos accordingly

When creating new projects, please consider using a notable campus feature or building instead. It turns out buildings get replaced a lot less frequently than logos. :) All I do is look at the campus photos on a school's Wikipedia page, then find one that doesn't restrict commercial usage.

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